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In his discussions with executives, Trump warned that he would impose a "substantial border tax" on companies that move their manufacturing out of the United States. He reiterated his campaign pledge to lower taxes for companies that stay in the U.S., as well as for the middle class, "anywhere from 15 to 25 percent," although he has not been clear on how he intends to make up for lost tax revenue.
He said of his incentives for businesses, "All you have to do is stay."
In the evening, Trump hosted a White House reception for lawmakers from both parties and a separate private meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan to discuss Republicans' legislative priorities. His choice for CIA director, Mike Pompeo, was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on Monday night.
Asked about the suit, Trump said it was "totally without merit."
Hillary Clinton and her staff were confused about attending high-level White House meetings. Top presidential aides didn't know how to reach the secretary of state, months into the administration.
And when it came to using fax machines ... well, Clinton was no pro.
These are just a few of the colorful details emerging about Clinton's day-to-day life in the early part of the Obama administration, according to 3,000 pages of emails released overnight by the State Department. And they depict a different side of the now-2016 Democratic presidential candidate -- showing her at times aloof, even out of touch with the president's inner circle, as she presided over American diplomacy at Foggy Bottom.
Perhaps the most entertaining email is a December 2009 exchange between Clinton and top aide Huma Abedin.
In it, Abedin urges Clinton to "hang up the fax line" so someone can send a fax.
"I thought it was supposed to be off hook to work?" Clinton writes back.
Abedin asks her to hang up "one more time." Clinton says she did.
"Just pick up phone and hang it up. And leave it hung up," Abedin tells her.
CLICK TO READ THE CLINTON EMAILS.
Other emails speak to confusion regarding her and her staff's daily obligations.
Again messaging Abedin and one other aide in June 2009, Clinton wrote: "I heard on the radio that there is a Cabinet mtg this am. Can I go? If not, who are we sending?"
Reportedly, there was no full Cabinet meeting that day; it was only for lower-level officials. But then a few days later, Clinton fired off another email to staff saying she arrived for a morning White House meeting "and was told there was no mtg."
"This is the second time this has happened. What's up???" Clinton wrote.
This touched off a set of exchanges where staffers essentially took the blame for the mix-up.
A key issue in Clinton's emails is who was aware she was using a private account and server. In fact, the emails indicate top White House officials were aware of the address, if not the server.
But those same emails also indicate she was at a distance from the president's inner circle, who had to reach out to Clinton aides to even find out how to contact her.
On June 8, 2009, Clinton Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills wrote to Clinton saying of Obama adviser David Axelrod, "axelrod wants your email - remind me to discuss with you if i forget."
Clinton wrote back: "Can you send to him or do you want me to? Does he know I can't look at it all day so he needs to contact me thru you or Huma or Lauren during work hours."
Mills responded: "I'll take care of it."
Months later, in September, an assistant to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel reached out with a similar request, writing to Mills: "The Secretary and Rahm are speaking [by phone], and she just asked him to email her - can you send me her address please?"
Curiously, Mills then asked Clinton for permission to give Emanuel that information.
"Do you want him to have your email?" Mills wrote.
The emails also show Clinton and her associates paying close attention to media coverage, including Fox News. In one October 2009 exchange, Clinton is alerted to an appearance on Fox News by Massachusetts state Rep. Harold Naughton Jr.
"Yeah for Hank! Maybe he will become a regular. Those shows need at least one sane realistic voice," she wrote back.
RICHIE Strahan wasn't the only person to find love on the most recent season of The Bachelor.
Two eliminated contestants, Megan Marx and Tiffany Scanlon, are in a relationship after meeting on the show.
In an Instagram post celebrating Ms Scanlon's 30th birthday, Ms Marx wrote: "I met Tiffany in a very strange situation. Well... we were kind of dating the same guy. And it was filmed and put on TV.
"From that first cocktail party, it was like this instant calibration between souls, as if we had known each other once before. Friendship ripened into something bolder, trust in a very strange situation was formed, and now every adventure we have rivals the other- and continues to make plans for itself."
I met Tiffany in a very strange situation. Well... we were kind of dating the same guy. And it was filmed and put on TV 😂. From that first cocktail party, it was like this instant calibration between souls, as if we had known each other once before. Friendship ripened into something bolder, trust in a very strange situation was formed, and now every adventure we have rivals the other- and continues to make plans for itself. Yesterday I flew this beautiful woman to The Abrolhos islands for her 30th birthday! I have to admit that I felt so so proud to be with her, my favourite person, celebrating such a momentous occasion on the water- a mutual love of ours. She is so confident in the ocean and in every adventure, as if every new experience is a winning of the lottery somehow; a chance to grow and learn and develop. To Tiffany, experience wins over the worldly acquisition of 'things' every time- and I think this is why she is so open-minded, so accepting of others, so fun and so at ease with letting winds blow her towards a variety of opportunities. She's helped me to disintegrate many of the ideals I've had that were harmful (about relationships, about career and 'stability') and for that I feel set free. Thank you for always asking questions (detective Tiff), for being curious about people, ideologies and the universe; for loving people with such a wholesome love that I don't know if I would ever be able to emulate. It inspires me. Happy Birthday Tiffany. I love you.
Ms Marx famously walked out on Richie during a rose ceremony, admitting the competitive reality dating show wasn't for her.
Viewers would best remember Ms Scanlon for face off against Richie in a push-up contest despite being frocked up for one of the show's cocktail parties.
The women haven't been keeping their budding romance a secret. Ms Scanlon has featured in Ms Marx's Instagram posts for the past few months and the pair have posed in some racy lingerie shots together.
Perhaps everyone has been distracted by the current season of The Bachelorette?
The women have clearly been watching The Bachelor's sister show too. They recently caught up with Noosa-born Bachelorette contestant Ryan Palk, who now lives in Perth.
The Montreal Canadiens are hanging around the final playoff spot in the East Conference, but it’s that time of the year where every game is close to a must-win. Put the Detroit Red Wings in the category of two points that you have to have. If you can’t beat the Wings at home fighting for a playoff spot, you’re probably not going to win that playoff spot.
On Tuesday night, the Canadiens beat the Red Wings 3-1.
Max Domi is everywhere for the Habs on many shifts; his work rate is outstanding. On any given night this season, if you’re wondering what the energy level and jump in the legs that the Habs have, just look at Domi. He is a representation of their fatigue-factor every game.
When Domi is going, so is the team. In the first period, it seemed a miracle that the Habs were unable to score when Domi was on the ice. He was a buzzsaw creating space and chances. The Wings had no answer except the final line of defence goalie Jonathan Bernier.
In the second period, the deadlock of zeroes was finally broken by Domi as he did the hard work and went right to the front of the net to re-direct the Andrew Shaw pass. It was one of the most important goals this season; the Habs absolutely had to have that first goal. The longer a game goes without a goal, the more it’s an advantage to the road team. Domi added the empty-netter with some tremendous hustle in a 3-1 win. Domi already has career bests in goals and points this season.
At 24 years of age, this is his breakout season. This is when it happens for many. Expect many great years to come for Domi in a Habs uniform.
Andrew Shaw continues to play some of the best hockey of his career, and certainly the best hockey of his time in Montreal. Shaw brings a lot of energy. He doesn’t back down from anyone, regardless of their size. He is a difficult player to battle because he wants the hardest space on the ice. He gets to pucks first in the corner, rather than give up positioning to avoid taking a big hit. Shaw takes the hit and the puck — that seems easy, but it’s remarkable how many players will not make this sacrifice.
Shaw’s pass on the Domi goal was an example of getting to it first, then, knowing a hit was coming, he made the play to the front of the net where good things happen.
When goals are hard to come by against a goalie who was in the mood to upset Jonathan Bernier, if you score one, you are automatically a much-needed horse in the contest.
Brett Kulak scored his fourth goal of the season on a hard slap shot. Kulak has been a surprisingly good defender this season, and the argument can easily be made that when he left the line-up for some inexplicable reason, the Habs’ consistent defence went into a skid. The Habs had three strong pairings for the longest time, and each of the pairings read each other’s movements. They were comfortable. Kulak with Jordie Benn was working. Suddenly, Benn is pulled off that unit and moved to the second pairing, Kulak is in the press box, and the Habs are discombobulated.
Kulak has filled an important role this season. It was a strong trade with Calgary for two players who will never be in the NHL. And on this night, they needed someone to get that second goal to put some distance between the Habs and an upset, and Kulak delivered to make it 2-0.
Victor Mete just might be the best defenceman on the Montreal Canadiens at the moment.
It’s been at least three weeks that Mete has brought his game to another level. He simply looks more comfortable. He seems to be buying more time to choose his moment to either head-man the pass or bring it up with speed himself. He is able to slow down the game to the moment that he is ready to make his best decision.
This is not an easy skill, and few are actually able to do this — to have the puck, then begin to spin, weave, stickhandle, whatever it takes to take the tension out of the game when it’s dicey in your own end. It’s quite a thing to see how Weber is starting to use Mete. It’s how it should be in a partnership of the player with speed and the player with size. When Weber wins the puck in his defensive zone with his size, he is always looking for Mete now to do the next phase of the breakout. He has developed a lot of confidence in Mete who has come a long way in his second year as an NHLer.
It was thought by most that Mete was a third-pair defenceman, but he has clearly shown that he is more than that, and he is just starting his career. Mete was a fourth-round draft choice taken 100th overall. That’s one heck of a pick by Trevor Timmins. Hard to excel more than that at the drafting game.
When Carey Price was drafted in 2005, there were many that didn’t like that pick fifth overall. They thought it was too early to take a goalie. Price didn’t even have a good save percentage for a poor Tri-City Americans team in the Western Hockey League.
The pick certainly worked out, though.
Price became the winningest goalie in Habs franchise history on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Montreal has seen more than a century of hockey with some of the greatest goalies in the game, but it’s the gentle soul from Anahim Lake, B.C. who holds the record of 315 wins, passing Jacques Plante.
The Habs certainly didn’t make it easy to get that win record breaker — the game was tense from start to finish. Price had to come up with many huge saves. The biggest was midway through the third period when Tyler Bertuzzi had a clear breakaway, looking to have Price beaten with a deft move. Price, however, stretched out, showing dexterity not expected from someone six-foot-three-inches tall, but this is why Price is Price — that rare combination of size and agility. He doesn’t always have to move, he is so big, but when he does, he can.
Price has many years left in Montreal to obliterate that wins record. It’s hard to imagine a day when someone will pass him, but it will be at best 20 years from now because Price owns the net for the next seven. Congratulations, Carey Price! It honestly could not happen to an older soul — a man of great heart and kindness.
The Habs took a vital two points. Carey Price became the winningest goalie in team history. Goats? A hard no.
It’s extremely difficult to get help at the end of the season in a fight for a playoff spot. So it was again for the Habs, as two rivals for the playoffs both won. The Pittsburgh Penguins continue to roll to such an extent that they are almost out of the conversation now to catch. The Pens beat the Washington Capitals at home to now have 85 points on the year.
The Habs, meanwhile, are four points back at 81 on the season. The Habs really were hoping for a favour from the Boston Bruins, and one surely seemed possible seeing as they have the second best record in all of hockey, but they couldn’t get it done against the Blue Jackets in Columbus. This means that the Blue Jackets have the same total of 81 points as the Habs, but Columbus has the tie-breaker over Montreal, so the Habs actually need to finish one point better than Columbus to grab that last spot.
Next up for Montreal is the Islanders in New York Thursday night. Next up for Columbus is a home date with the Hurricanes. Carolina is also a part of the playoff picture at 83 points, so the Habs will hope for anything in that contest in Ohio, but overtime so they split three points.
The Penguins’ next game is Thursday night in Buffalo.
Wan showing some of the landmarks in the miniature exhibition area.
Malaysia has many unique and interesting places to visit, but not many will know where all these places are located.
However, Miniature Wonders Sdn Bhd managing director Wan Cheng Huat, 34, got the inspiration to capture them in a miniaturised version – in a 1,579.35sqm retail store in a major shopping mall in USJ, Petaling Jaya.
“I love travelling, and I realised the potential of having a miniature showcase to show the wonders of Malaysia to tourist, under one roof,” he told Metrobiz.
According to Wan, it also serves as an educational platform for children and adults to learn about the history and culture of each place.
Wan started looking for investors in 2008 and finally managed to raise about RM400,000 by 2014.
Founded with seven partners and nine staff in 2014, Wan said they had a grand idea of setting it up in one of the major exhibition centres in Kuala Lumpur, occupying 200,000sq ft.
A miniature version of the Sultan Abdul Samad building complete with road and mini vehicles.
They invested in 3D printers and other materials needed to make the miniatures; from more than 24 iconic buildings such as the KL Tower and Menara Maybank to over 25,000 of other miniaturised items such as people, trees and streetlights.
“We wanted to showcase state by state, but there are capital constraints, so we have to start somewhere with what we have,” he said.
To make up for this shortfall, they have an innovative idea to provide variations of themes, such as seaports and industrial zones on display that are not based on an actual place.
They include having interactive panels where visitors can learn how things work, such as having miniature streetlights that would switch off when visitors cover the solar panels with their hands.
“Generally, tourism is about people going to a place and buying souvenirs. We want to focus more on the aspect of them experiencing the miniature showcase,” he said.
They are also having a presentation area where they would invite specialists in particular fields to give talks on specific matters, from Malaysian wildlife to culture.
Some of the miniatures that serve as learning platforms, such as this seaport.
After about two years of hard work, Wan said the miniature showcase is now open for business.
The main revenue is via ticketing and Wan said the area could accommodate between 300 and 400 visitors at any given time.
“We hope to expand to a bigger area where we can create a showcase of other states in Malaysia followed by regional places of interest and their culture,” he concluded.
Kelly Wise is a puzzler.
Known as a "door opener" for minority college students pursuing careers in education, he aggressively seeks to change the color of America's teaching force. Despite the success of the former English teacher's classroom crusade over the past decade, he still catches many off guard.
"When I first met [Mr. Wise], I was like, 'Oh my God, he's white!'" Arline Riordan, the director of admissions for Boston College's graduate school of education, confessed.
Later she added, smiling: "Sometimes, people just do what's right."
Over more than a decade, Mr. Wise, the founder of the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers at Phillips Academy here has helped 364 African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans complete master's and doctoral degrees in education. Of those students, almost a third are working in elementary and secondary schools today, while 149 are working on their doctorates.
The institute works to demystify the application process for graduate school, matches applicants with universities, and prepares a small group of students for advanced studies during an intellectually challenging, monthlong summer program.
"We are waging war every day by recruiting people of color in our midst," the silver-haired Mr. Wise, 68, said. "People who will be great teachers. People," he added, pausing, "who are having their idealism threatened."
It's a battle against a crippling shortage of minority teachers.
Minority children make up about 40 percent of the nation's elementary and secondary student enrollment, while just 13.5 percent of teachers are members of racial or ethnic minorities, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
While an estimated 2.5 million new teachers will be needed over the next 10 years, only limited resources have been aimed at making sure those teachers reflect the United States' growing racial and ethnic diversity, said Mildred J. Hudson, the chief executive officer of Recruiting New Teachers. The Belmont, Mass., nonprofit group promotes teacher recruitment.
"There's a general feeling that it doesn't really matter," Ms. Hudson said. "On the other hand, we do know that it does matter. Our teachers must look like us."
Better known as Andover, for the Massachusetts town in which it is located, Phillips Academy often is regarded as the quintessential college-preparatory boarding school. The 450-acre campus of neo-Georgian and Federal red-brick buildings sits about 25 miles north of Boston.
While Andover increased the number of minority and international students enrolled at the residential high school in the 1960s and 1970s, it had only a few faculty members of color when Mr. Wise was named the dean of faculty in 1984.
After spending three decades in the classroom, Mr. Wise set out to "diversify the threads" of Andover, quadrupling the percentage of minority teachers from 4 percent to 16 percent in six years. He said Andover's students needed teachers on campus who shared their cultural experience. About 31 percent of the school's 1,069-student enrollment is made up of students of color.
But Mr. Wise soon realized that it was futile to continue to fight institutions like the University of Chicago and Stanford University for faculty members.
"We needed a program to deepen the pipeline," he said.
Mr. Wise crafted the framework for the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers 11 years ago. It has changed little: Find outstanding college graduates and college juniors and seniors of color, and talk with them about the value of teaching while preparing them for graduate school.
The program started in the summer of 1990 with 17 students, an $88,000 budget, and six universities in a consortium. Today, the institute boasts 118 students, a $525,000 privately funded budget, and 39 participating universities. Five full-time staff members run the IRT, and six teachers conduct the summer workshop. So far, 574 students have completed the program.
In an effort to ensure stable funding, a fund- raising campaign is under way to create a $5 million endowment. The institute received a $600,000, multiyear grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to offset some of its operating costs. Andover supports the institute by providing office space and equipment, while the school's alumni, who make up the program's board, have been generous as well.